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Pro-Poor Policy Options/ Vietnam: The Case for Agricultural Cooperative Promotion

Year of publication 2011

Pages 7p.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Category Other document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This policy brief suggests that a systematic and coordinated national programme promoting agricultural cooperatives is an effective strategy for improving the agricultural sector and lifting farmers out of poverty. In particular, the brief recommends Viet Nam focus on building cooperative and government capacity and ensuring that legal frameworks bolster existing commitments to cooperatives.

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